The bitter legacy of defeat : 1948-81 -- Zionists, Heshemites, and Pan-Syrians : 1897-1930 -- Entrance of the Arab kings : 1931-36 -- Domestic politics and Palestine : Iraq and Egypt -- The general strike and the British invitation : 1936 -- Opposition to partition, support for revolt : 1937-38 -- Partition abandoned, compromise denied : 1938-39 -- Fortunes and misfortunes of war : 1939-42 -- The division over unity : 1943-45 -- The failure of Arab diplomacy : 1946-47 -- The perils of partition : 1947-48 -- The slippery road to war : January -- May 1948 -- Abdallah's perilous peace-making : 1948-51 -- Egypt's revolution, Israel, and America : 1950-56
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index
